Really great pictures today.
Nice of them to arrange the spacewalk for lunchtime in the UK.
We’re so used to seeing NASA astronauts in bulky spacesuits that it was very odd to see someone looking like they were only wearing a motor bike helmet and leathers.
At times it did look like they were superimposed on a blackout stage - so just wait for the conspiracy theorists to wade in and now tell us that it was all done in a studio.
There was a NASA launch yesterday, 9/11, of MS-26. A crew of 3 headed to the ISS.
Wonder how many people were aware of it or cared? Space flight isn't what it used to be. 🙁
Each manned spaceflight launch has its topic in the " Space Watches " Facebook group, where we again discussed those large "Goldie" Russian-made Energia logo chronographs with large flat pushers...
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There was a NASA launch yesterday, 9/11, of MS-26. A crew of 3 headed to the ISS.
Wonder how many people were aware of it or cared? Space flight isn't what it used to be. 🙁
Did you watch the Apollo 13 documentary currently on Netflix? Your comment was being quoted back then seems like a great documentary as well I have not been able to finish it yet. Unfortunately interest will probably rebound when and if tragedy strikes a mission. I was actually on edge about the space walk I was thinking I had a crappy day at work I hope the astronauts don’t.
Haven't watched it yet but it's in my list.
I was nervous too. Space walk seems easy; you float around. But the early space walkers found it extremely fatiguing, coming back in soaked in sweat. Some almost didn't make it back, Cernan for example. Only after they put more hand and foot holds on were they able to manage it, with Buzz Aldrin the first to test out the holds and manage it. Every little motion and touch sends an equal amount of energy in the opposite direction, plus there's nothing to stabilize yourself to alter your direction or propel yourself towards a vector. Space walks were one of the most surprising revelations when I started reading the biographies of astronauts. It made sense after they told their stories but it was not at all what I had imagined. Those SpaceX walkers could have had a rough time if they decided to go floating off with only their umbilical cord. You notice how controlled their movements were? I was surprised by the second EVA who started waving their arms (still holding onto the rail). I wonder if that was planned or spontaneous.
I bet the Apollo astronauts would have loved to have had these new suits. I'm curious too to learn how they are made and compare them to all the layers of the early suits.
You have much more knowledge on the subject but I saw an interview with Alexi Leonov (spelling) and his first human space walk he almost didn’t make it back got confused with direction, couldn’t pull himself back on the umbilical cord along with a malfunction I forgot about. There is an interesting movie about that part of space history as well.
Brave SOB’s the lot of them. Anyway not trying to school you just talkin. I did finish the new Apollo 13 documentary and definitely recommend it has some new archival footage and shows how the world was tuned in and brought together for that part of history. It’s an interesting time for the US in space flight again but you are correct my neighbor was home today I asked if she watched the space walk live she didn’t even know it happened.
The crew didn't answer the most important question. What watches are they wearing? 😄
